An ordinary man engages the circumstances of daily life, seeking to draw closer to the Mystery who gives meaning to everything.

Monday, October 20, 2014

All I Can Do is Offer

O God, I give thanks to You. How amazing is the design of Your wisdom for the human race. You have willed to manifest and glorify the Mystery of who You are by pouring Yourself out and becoming one of us. You dwell among us and give Yourself up entirely for each and all of us.

You reveal that the Absolute Being is Absolute Love, and You offer that Love to each of us. In your wisdom you shape the hearts of each of us, fashioning us to be Your companions, making us capable of giving and receiving love and then placing Yourself in the midst of us so that we might love You and be loved by You and be transformed into Your likeness.

O Jesus help me.All I can do is offer everything to You.You have created me for Yourself.My heart desires You,and yet how often do I even think of what I do?I am resolved to do the best I can.I am resolved to seek Your will and to do Your will,because Your will is Love,and it will always be what will enlarge my soul,and make me truly free,because I am made for Love.So I offer myself to You;I abandon myself completely to You,and to Your plan for my life.I know there is weakness and resistance in methat I do not know how to overcome.I know there are ways I must grow that I do not understand.I know that my life is a mystery hidden in Your wisdom and goodness.

O Jesus, I offer everything to You.Convert me.Change me.Open my heart to the love You give me in this moment.Carry my soul.Give me, in Your Infinite Mercy, the willing heartthat loves You in the way You long for me to love You.I am hindered from the freedom for which I have been made,the freedom to live as the image and grow as the likeness of God.And so I abandon myself entirely to Your Mercy.For You have loved me first,so that--by the power of Your love--I might love Youand receive You in giving myself to You.Jesus I trust in You.Jesus I trust in You, completely.

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John Janaro is Associate Professor Emeritus of Theology at Christendom College. He is a Catholic theologian, and a writer, researcher, and lecturer on issues in religion and culture. His most recent book is NEVER GIVE UP: MY LIFE AND GOD'S MERCY. He is married to
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